OREANDA-NEWS. Five Columbia funds have received 2016 Lipper Fund Awards as top-performing mutual funds in their respective Lipper classifications for the period ending December 31, 2015:

  • Columbia Select Large-Cap Value Fund (R5 shares)
    Large-Cap Value Funds classification (290 funds1) – 10 years
  • Columbia Greater China Fund (Z shares)
    China Region Funds classification (26 funds1) – 10 years
  • Columbia Global Equity Value Fund (I shares)
    Global Large-Cap Value Funds classification (39 funds1) – 3 years
  • Columbia Contrarian Core Fund (Z shares)
    Large-Cap Core Funds classification (499 funds1) – 10 years
  • Columbia AMT-Free California Intermediate Muni Bond Fund (Z shares)
    California Intermediate Municipal Debt Funds classification (30 funds1) – 10 years

The U.S. Lipper Fund Awards recognize funds for their consistently strong risk-adjusted three-, five-, and 10-year performance, relative to their peers, based on Lipper’s proprietary performance-based methodology2.

Past performance does not guarantee future results.
“We are pleased to have five funds recognized by Lipper for their consistent, risk adjusted performance,” said Colin Moore, Global Chief Investment Officer. “Our priority is to deliver consistent investment returns for our clients through superior research and capital allocation within and across our strategies and with a deep understanding of their investment needs.”

This is the fifth consecutive year that Columbia Select Large-Cap Value Fund has earned a Lipper Award in the Large-Cap Value category. The fund received the award for 10-year performance in 2015 (90 funds), 10-year performance in 2014 (84 funds), for 5-year and 10-year performance in 2013 (102 funds and 84 funds), and for 5-year performance in 2012 (402 funds).

Columbia Threadneedle Investments is a leading global asset management group that provides a broad range of actively managed investment strategies and solutions for individual, institutional and corporate clients around the world.

With more than 2,000 people, including over 450 investment professionals based in North America, Europe and Asia, we managed $472 billion (as of December 31, 2015) of assets across developed and emerging markets equities, fixed income, asset allocation solutions and alternatives. We are the 13th largest manager of long-term mutual fund assets in the U.S. and the 4th largest manager of retail funds in the U.K.

Columbia Threadneedle Investments is the global asset management group of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP).